Final Track: 7 Must-Hear Songs Of The Week

It’s impossible to cover each bit of new music that comes out during the week, so every Friday, we’ll be doing an end of the week music roundup. It’s called Final Track, and we’ll count off a few songs released during the week that are worth giving a listen to. (via Getty Image)

Back in 2009, Easy Rider actress Karen Black and Cass McCombs performed his “Dreams Come True Girl” together. It’s one of the greatest songs of his very great career, made extra special (and tragic) by the fact that Black passed away earlier this year. “Brighter!” is another track they collaborated on, and it’s being released as part of the massive double-disc Big Wheel and Others album. Black warmly sings the entire thing.

Beast Coast are releasing a mini-album sometime in the fall, which is a very good thing, with one exception: the cut-in-half “I Don’t Know How” sounds better in the hot summer sunshine, as all Best Coast songs do.

“Hold On We’re Going Home” by We Are Twin

A cover of Drake’s “Hold On We’re Going Home,” through a filter of stabbing garage rock-pop and snarled vocals.

“All Apologies” by Deervana

Every so often, Deer Tick will transform into Deervana and play only Alice in Chains songs. Actually, they become the world’s best Nirvana tribute band, and in honor of the 20th anniversary of In Utero, Deervana played the entirety of the album, from “Serve the Servants” to “All Apologies.” Download the whole gig here.

That Best Coast EP will also has their 2 record store day tracks from this year, which were great and better than most if not all the songs on The Only Place. Not saying there’s anything wrong with the album, I just think those 2 tracks were really good.